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Business3 days ago

Wishful thinking to target $5 tn economy by 2025: Manmohan

Pathways can emerge only through solid dialogue and discussions on the challenges of taking the country forward, he added.
Politics4 days ago

Montek Singh’s tips to Kamal Nath

Bhopal, Feb 19 : With the Centre’s growing hostility causing a financial crunch Madhya Pradesh government is looking for resources to fulfil promises made in the...
Blog1 week ago

India a $5 trillion economy by 2025 unrealistic: Montek Singh Ahluwalia

He also cautions against "strong centralised governments", a scenario that is now unfolding in India.
India1 week ago

Slogan should be kaam karo contrary to Adityanath’s call for ‘Goli Maro: Kapil Sibal Targets govt over economy

New Delhi, Feb 13: Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal targeted the government for talking about shooting down anti-CAA protestors and not taking any steps to improve...
Business2 weeks ago

It’s for Sitharaman to put petrol, diesel on GST Council agenda: Amit Mitra

He also asked Sitharaman to bring the matter on the council's agenda if she was interested in bringing petrol and diesel under GST.
Business2 weeks ago

Sensex, Nifty in the red on Monday

Mumbai, Feb 10 Indian equity indices opened in the red on Monday with sensex falling over 200 points and Nifty also trading in the negative. At...
India2 weeks ago

Congress flays PM Modi for ruining economy, spreading fear

The senior Congress leader said the government was suppressing the people's voice and terming the opposition anti-national when it protested against its policies.
India3 weeks ago

Sitharaman to table ‘Vivad se Vishwas’ Bill in Lok Sabha

New Delhi, Feb 5 The Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday will introduce the Direct Tax Vivad Se Vishwas, Bill 2020 in the Lok Sabha....
Blog3 weeks ago

Removal of DDT and its financial impact

The companies declaring such dividend will have to now deduct tax at source (TDS) at 10 per cent on the amount distributed as dividend.
Business3 weeks ago

Extra borrowing from market can be an option to push growth: CEA

"I think the case for leaning on growth is important, in the balance between fisc and the growth, we need to focus on growth and take...
Business3 weeks ago

Eliminate needless govt intervention to spur growth: Survey

New Delhi, Jan 31: Eliminate instances of needless government intervention to enable competitive markets and thereby spur investments and economic growth, the Economic Survey 2019-20 said...
India4 weeks ago

Modi, Sitharaman have no idea what to do next on economy, says Rahul Gandhi

New Delhi, Jan 29 : Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday made a scathing attack on Prime Minister and said that Narendra Modi and Finance Minister...
India4 weeks ago

Nothing in data that say we couldn’t be in recession: Abhijit Banerjee

Kolkata, Jan 27: Nobel laureate Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee on Monday said that while there is nothing in the macroeconomic data that says India couldn’t be in...
Business1 month ago

More trouble for economy, direct tax collection in negative zone

New Delhi, Jan 21 : The bad run for the Indian economy continues with the latest victim being the government’s direct tax kitty, where collections have...
India1 month ago

Govt put economy in ‘cold storage’: Priyanka Gandhi

New Delhi, Jan 9 Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday hit out at the Modi government over recent economic growth estimates, saying that the...
Business2 months ago

Post 5% GDP growth estimate, India Inc seeks fiscal stimulus

On Tuesday, the Central Statistics Office (CSO) pegged the 2019-20 growth at an 11 year low of 5 per cent.
India2 months ago

Stop talking about Pakistan, CAA and Congress: Kapil Sibal’s advice to PM Modi

New Delhi, Dec 23: After the JMM-Congress-RJD alliance won a total of 47 seats in 81 Jharkhand assembly, Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal has taken a...
Business2 months ago

Fitch cuts India GDP growth forecast to 4.6% in FY20

It said its rating for India incorporates the expectation of moderate slippage in the fiscal deficit target of 3.3 per cent of GDP in FY2019-20.
Business2 months ago

‘Market upbeat despite weak state of economy’

Mumbai, Dec 19 (IANS) While former Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian has recently described the Indian economy as being in the midst of “The Great Slowdown”,...
Business2 months ago

Economy trapped in Four Balance Sheet problem: Ex-CEA

New Delhi, Dec 18 : Citing reasons for the “severe illness in the economy”, former Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian has pointed out that India is...
Business2 months ago

Sensex up 129 pts, Yes Bank tanks 7%

Mumbai, Dec 11 Sensex advanced 129 points during the early trade on Wednesday while the Nifty traded slightly below the 11,900 mark. Yes Bank fell over...
Business2 months ago

Equity flows slip 78 pc in November

New Delhi, Dec 10 : Net inflows into equity mutual funds dipped sharply to multi-year lows in November as on one hand, outflows from credit risk...
Business3 months ago

Starting point to address slowdown would be to acknowledge it: Raghuram Rajan

The former RBI governor urged India to join free trade agreements judiciously in order to boost competition and improve domestic efficiency.
Business3 months ago

Indian economy in ‘state of doom and gloom’: Mamata

Kolkata, Dec 5 : With the GDP projections revised downwards, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday slammed the NDA government at the Centre, saying...
Blog3 months ago

RBI booster dose likely to spur India Inc’s animal spirits

Mumbai, Dec 3 : The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is expected to administer another booster dose of lending rate cut to break the slowdown induced...
India3 months ago

Kiran Mazumdar funds anti-Modi propagandist IPSMF: Malviya

Shaw reacted angrily to the comment by Malviya and denied that her company funds IPSMF.
India3 months ago

Sitharaman, Amit Shah should wake up to address state of Indian Economy: Kapil Sibal

New Delhi, Nov 30: Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Saturday slammed Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and the Chanakya of Modi government to wake up and...
Business3 months ago

India has rarely seen GDP growth below 5% since ’91: Garg

Growth figure of less than 5 per cent for an emerging market economy like India is "more like recession than a slowdown".
India3 months ago

Reveal extent of ill-gotten wealth of Indians: Pranab

New Delhi, Nov 26 : A forceful plea for revealing the extent of ill-gotten wealth, held by Indians in the country and abroad, was made by...
Business3 months ago

Slowdown dents October Mergers and Acquisitions deal activity: Report

The report disclosed that while domestic deal segment saw a downtrend in terms of both volumes and value, the cross-border deals value almost doubled.
India3 months ago

‘We have been urging govt to control economic slowdown’

New Delhi, Nov 21 : Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday hit out at the central government over the economic slowdown in the country...
Blog3 months ago

Software is eating trade, digital platforms replacing agreements

India has been trying to bring E-commerce under the WTO rules. It also needs to clearly establish guidelines for its usage under the FTAs with ASEAN...
India3 months ago

Centre trying to hide economic slump by data manipulation: Congress

Former Union Minister Ajay Maken, Chairman of Campaign Committee Kirti Azad and AICC Secretary Kuljeet Singh Nagra were also the part of the rally held here.
India3 months ago

‘Modi has given up on economy, roped in former PM for help’

Panaji, Nov 14 : Lashing out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Goa Congress president Girish Chodankar on Thursday said that Modi has given up on the...
Business3 months ago

Rupee tumbles 63 paise, falls to Rs 72 per dollar

Mumbai, Nov 13 : The domestic currency ended sharply lower on Wednesday over weak macro numbers and soft capital market sentiments. The rupee slipped to its...
Business3 months ago

Report says 2QFY20 GDP growth may slip to 4.7%

Mumbai, Nov 12 : Even as the government continues to stress that economic slowdown is cyclical in nature and a recovery will soon be visible, high...
Business3 months ago

Deep in the red: India’s Sep industrial output shrinks 4.3%

"The cumulative growth for the period April-September 2019 over the corresponding period of the previous year stands at 1.3 per cent."
Business3 months ago

October equity MFs inflow at 5-month low of Rs 6,015 cr

New Delhi, Nov 10 : Although there has been a rally in the stock markets off late, the net inflow in equity or growth-oriented mutual funds...
Business4 months ago

3 years of DeMo: Congress, Trinamool call it ‘disaster’

New Delhi, Nov 8 : On the third anniversary of demonetisation on Friday, the Congress and the All India Trinamool Congress slammed the central government and...
India4 months ago

Three years of demonetisation; Yashwant Sinha takes a jibe at PM Modi’s surgical strike on Indian economy

Delhi, Nov 8 : Former Finance Minister and senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha, apparently taking a jibe at Prime Minister Modi congratulated him for the surgical...
Business4 months ago

Moody’s downgrades India’s key financial institutions

The close links between the four companies and the government is the key reason why Moody's has changed the outlooks for these companies to negative from...
Business4 months ago

Economic slowdown biggest negative impact of DeMon: Survey

It has been three years since the Rs 500 and 1,000 notes were demonetised to curb the use of black money and fresh Rs 500 and...
Business4 months ago

Moody’s cuts India outlook to ‘negative’, Govt says macro stats strong

New Delhi, Nov 8 : Global rating agency Moody’s Investors Service on Friday cut India’s outlook from ‘stable’ to ‘negative’ reflecting increasing risks to the country’s...
Blog4 months ago

Subhash Chandra Garg Reform Action Plan-II: Steps needed to improve investment rates

New Delhi, Nov 7 : Former Finance Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg, who demitted office last month, has said serious policy and programme measures are required to...
Blog4 months ago

There Are Very Strong Concerns About The Indian Economy: Joseph Stiglitz

India and U.S. have taken measures to detain illegal migrants. Amit Shah in India, has talked about NRC while the U.S. is planning to take DNA...
India4 months ago

Make in India has become buy from China: Rahul Gandhi

"Each year we import Rs. 6,000/ worth of goods from China for every Indian! A 100% increase since 2014. #RCEP will flood India with cheap goods,...
India4 months ago

Sonia, Rahul to address rally after 10-day protest

State party leaders, general secretaries and states in-charge would participate in these programmes at district and block levels, he said.
Business4 months ago

India’s manufacturing PMI slips to 2-year low in October

Challenging market conditions coupled with delayed client payment, dampened business confidence in October.
Business4 months ago

GST collection drops 5.29% to Rs 95,380 cr in Oct, more worries for govt

The monthly GST collection has fallen despite October being festive season and government announcing a slew of measures to boost the economy.
India4 months ago

Major setback to economy under Modi: Core sector output falls to -5.2%, worst in 14 years

New Delhi, Nov 1: As PM Narendra Modi is keen on patting his back for the achievements of his government in abrogating Article370, some worst news...
Business4 months ago

Sensex opens above 40,000, April-Sep fiscal deficit at 92.6% of budgetary target

Mumbai, Nov 1 Sensex opened above the 40,000 marks with marginal gain on Friday. India’s budgetary fiscal deficit for the April-September period came in at 92.6...
Blog4 months ago

Dismal performance of tax revenue worrying trend

Net tax revenue has to grow 42 per cent to achieve the FY20 Budget target of Rs 16.5 trillion, which appears to be a daunting task.
Business4 months ago

Markets open on positive note

Mumbai, Oct 31 The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) on Thursday opened on a positive note. The Sensex of the BSE opened at 40,211.99 and touched a...
Business4 months ago

We need PMC “Prime Minister’s commitment” to resolve the PMC crisis: Kapil Sibal

Delhi: Senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal’s Press briefing. HIGHLIGHTS Nobody pays heed to the reality in India, Maharashtra and Haryana or the...
Business4 months ago

Home sales decline 25% in July-September: Report

New Delhi, Oct 17 : Housing sales across major cities declined 25 per cent during the July-September quarter to 65,799 units, according to a report by...
India4 months ago

Slowdown, government apathy affecting economy: Manmohan

Manmohan urged for setting up labour-intensive industries, among other measures, to tackle the economic crises.
India4 months ago

Commercial credit growth slowed in Apr-June quarter: Report

The non-performing assets (NPAs) surged to 16.1 per cent in this period suggesting bank profits remain under pressure.
Business4 months ago

Slowing economy: India’s exports dip third time this year

New Delhi, Oct 15 : India’s merchandise exports in September declined for the third time in the current financial year, while imports dropped for the fourth...
India4 months ago

Bangladesh, Nepal ahead of India as growth in South Asia slows down: World Bank

India has been relatively hit hard by the recent global slowdown resulting in its projected growth dropping to 6.0 per cent in 2019, but it’s still...
Business4 months ago

IMF cuts India’s FY20 growth forecast to 6%

New Delhi, Oct 15 : The outlook for the Indian economy for the current fiscal seems to get bleaker by the day as major economic forums...
Business4 months ago

Retail inflation rises to 3.99 per cent in September

Retail inflation spiked to 3.99 per cent in September mainly due to higher prices of food items, government data showed on Monday. This is the highest...
Business4 months ago

Nirmala Sitharaman’s husband hits out at Centre over slowdown, says govt in denial

Economist Parakala Prabhakar, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's husband, has slammed the Centre over economic slowdown while advising the BJP government to embrace the Rao-Manmohan Singh model.
Business4 months ago

Economy was strong under Manmohan Singh: Rahul

Mumbai, Oct 13 : Slamming the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government for all-round failure on the economic front, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said here on Sunday...
India4 months ago

Union leaders are making fun of poor: Kapil Sibal on Ravi Shankar Prasad’s statement on Indian economy

If the union leaders make statement like this then I understand that they don't consider the seriousness of current economic situation.
India4 months ago

Credit growth rate of banks slows down

Mumbai, Oct 12 Indian banks credit growth rate, for the first time this fiscal, slowed to single digit at 8.8 per cent to Rs 97.71 lakh...
India4 months ago

Private consumption slows, Indian economy seen ‘fraught with risks’

New Delhi, Oct 12 The Indian economy, which has been witnessing slowdown over last few quarters, is likely to face several more risks in the near...
Business4 months ago

Govt will miss fiscal deficit target of 3.3%: Bibek Debroy

Debroy said that he believed the overall growth in this financial year would be "around 6 per cent". As he put it, it could be a...
Business4 months ago

India vs China: Miles to cover for Indian economy

India now has set a target of reaching the $5 trillion by end of the financial year 2024-25.
World5 months ago

India most affected by Global Economic Slowdown: IMF Chief

Washington, Oct 9 : International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director, Kristalina Georgieva said that effect of “synchronized slowdown” in global economy is “more pronounced” in emerging...
Business5 months ago

Slowdown makes Bosch shut production for 10 days

The 68-year-old German subsidiary which was earlier known as Mico Industries, has 18 manufacturing sites and seven development and applications centres across India.
India5 months ago

Suppressing criticism can lead to bad policies: Raghuram Rajan

New Delhi, Oct 1: Former Reserve Bank of India governor Raghuram Rajan has written an article published on his Linkedin page that talks about the importance...
Business5 months ago

India’s Q1 current account deficit narrows to $14.3 bn

Mumbai, Sep 30 : Lower crude oil prices, along with higher earnings from invisible trade such as services, aided in narrowing India’s current account deficit to...
India5 months ago

India’s debt up 4% in first quarter of FY20: Congress

The government chose to give money to corporates, thinking they would invest. "But when there is no demand, who will invest?
Business5 months ago

No liquidity crisis, demand to pick up: Nirmala Sitharaman

Addressing the media after the meeting, Sitharaman evinced hope that demand would return in most of the sectors.
Business5 months ago

Govt messed up macro-economy, should have axed IT: Subramanian Swamy

The situation has not improved as demand has not picked up, he said: "Because Finance Ministers in our BJP government don't know any economics. That's the...
Business5 months ago

Corporate tax cut to help top 1,000 firms save Rs 37K cr: Crisil

New Delhi, Sep 22 : Around 1,000 companies would save nearly Rs 37,000 crore due to recent corporate tax rate cut, according to a Crisil report...
India5 months ago

‘Howdy Houston!’ says PM as he arrives to packed itinerary

Members of the Indian diaspora waved Indian flags to greet the PM on his arrival.
Business5 months ago

Hats off to Sitharaman for tax cut: Mazumdar-Shaw

Bengaluru, Sep 20 : Biocon chairperson Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw on Friday complimented Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for the corporate tax rate cut, a day after a Twitter...
Business5 months ago

After tax cuts, GST Council reduces rates on various items

The key sectors which would benefit from GST rate cuts are hotels, gems & jewellery, defence and automobiles.
Business5 months ago

Nil GST rate on hotel room rent upto Rs 1k

GST council meeting Live updates: All eyes are on GST council's meeting in Goa after the government announced slashing corporate taxes.
India5 months ago

Corporate Tax Rate Cut From 30% To 25.2% To Spur Growth

New Delhi, Sep 20: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced reduction of corporate tax on domestic firms in a bid to boost the sluggish economy, hurt by...
Business5 months ago

Risk weight cut on consumer loan is credit negative: Moody’s

"The reduction is credit negative as it will encourage banks to increase their exposure to this loan segment at a time when credit risks are already...
India5 months ago

Sponsored events abroad don’t bring investors: Priyanka attacks Modi Govt

New Delhi, Sep 18 Slamming Prime Minister Narendra Modi for managing headlines, Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said sponsored events like ‘Howdy, Modi!’ in Houston...
Business5 months ago

Markets open in green

Mumbai, Sep 18 The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) on Wednesday opened on a positive note. The Sensex of the BSE opened at 36,621.38 and touched a...
India5 months ago

No”56″ can stop you: Karti Chidambaram wishes his father on his birthday

New Delhi, Sep 16 Karti Chidambaram penned a poignant letter to wish his father and former finance minister P Chidambarama on his 74th birthday, who is...
India5 months ago

Weird statements of Nirmala, Piyush will not lead to betterment of economy: Yashwant Sinha

Indore, Sep 15 : Former BJP leader Yashwant Sinha termed the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s reasoning behind decline in the automobile sector as “weird” and asked...
India5 months ago

Nirmala clueless about how to lift economy, applying cosmetic measures: Congress

New Delhi, Sep 14 The Congress on Saturday hit back at the Modi government after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a slew of measures to revive...
Business5 months ago

August merchandise exports down 6.05%, imports fall over 13%

New Delhi, Sep 13 : Sluggish global demand pulled India’s merchandise exports lower by 6.05 per cent in August on a year-on-year basis. As per the...
India5 months ago

Don’t blame gravity for dropping the catch: Priyanka to govt

This is not the first time that Priyanka Gandhi, also Congress in-charge for eastern UP, has attacked the government on the economic slowdown. On Tuesday, she...
India5 months ago

Don’t Want To Watch rest of Film: Kapil Sibal On PM Modi’s comment

New Delhi, Sep 13: Responding to Narendra Modi’s trailer comment , Congress MP Kapil Sibal heavily criticised the Prime Minister for the economic slowdown and said...
India5 months ago

Centre’s flawed policies have caused slowdown: Manmohan

"Manmohan Singh told party leaders that when the economic recession had hit the global economy, our government was able to revive the economy, while the current...
India5 months ago

Need concrete plan to fix economy not Sitharaman’s “foolish theories” : Rahul Gandhi attacks Modi govt

New Delhi, Sep 12 Dubbing Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s excuse that millennials were the reason for the slowdown in the auto sector as “foolish theories”, Former...
India5 months ago

Why BJP govt is so confused over economy: Priyanka Gandhi

New Delhi, Sep 12 : Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday took a swipe at Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for blaming ‘Ola and...
Business5 months ago

Sensex up 97 points, Nifty above 11,000

Mumbai, Sep 12 Sensex was up nearly 100 points during the early trade on Thursday led by buying in banking and financial sector stocks. The benchmark...
Business5 months ago

Markets open on positive note

Mumbai, Sep 11 The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) on Wednesday opened on a positive note. The Sensex of the BSE opened at 37,251.03 and touched a...
Auto6 months ago

Auto, manufacturing firms shed one-third share value in a year

Latest data shows that automobile sales for the month of August hit the lowest since 1997-98.
Auto6 months ago

Slowdown plunges August auto sales to lowest since 1997-98

Overall, passenger vehicle sales declined by 31.57 per cent in August to 196,524 units against 287,198 units in the corresponding month a year ago.
India6 months ago

Don’t want any officials arrested: Chidambaram in jail

"No officer has done anything wrong. I do not want anyone to be arrested," Chidambaram said.
Business6 months ago

Sensex down 175 points after opening flat

Mumbai, Sep 9 The Sensex on Monday fell by 175 points during the early trade after it opened marginally lower. The decline was led by automobile...
Business6 months ago

Zomato lays off 541 staffers, says blame it on automation

New Delhi, Sep 7 Food delivery platform Zomato on Saturday said that it has laid off 541 people — 10 per cent of the company’s strength...
India6 months ago

Why Modi silent after having ruined the economy : Priyanka Gandhi

New Delhi, Sep 8: Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Sunday said the Narendra Modi government remains silent after ruining the economy and trying to hide...
India6 months ago

100 days of Modi’s 2nd term : Kapil Sibal questions PM on economic crisis

New Delhi, Sep 8 : On the completion of 100 days of the Narendra Modi government’s second tenure, Congress leader Kapil Sibal said Prime Minister is...
Blog6 months ago

Indian Economy is in deep crisis

India is witnessing overall economic slowdown but the Modi government remains in denial and this is for the first time in the history of India that...
India6 months ago

Congress attacks Modi over ‘LoC’ for Russia

New Delhi, Sep 5 The Congress on Thursday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his decision to offer ‘line of credit’ (LoC) of $1...
Business6 months ago

Sensex ends a shade lower, auto stocks gain

Mumbai, Sep 5 (IANS) Although the severely beaten down auto stocks edged higher on Thursday over expectations of a rate cut in the Goods and Service...
India6 months ago

Modi Govt’s silence on economic slowdown very dangerous: Priyanka Gandhi

New Delhi, Sep 5 Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Thursday described the Narendra Modi government’s silence on economic slowdown as “very dangerous” and said excuses...
Business6 months ago

Equity indices edge down, Sensex drops 60 points at 36,517

Mumbai, Sep 4 : The Sensex and the Nifty slipped into the red after opening Wednesday’s session little changed from Tuesday’s close. The Sensex slipped 60...
India6 months ago

Chidambaram mocks govt on 5% GDP growth

Surrounded by the security personnel, Chidambaram stopped and said, "5 per cent. You all know what is 5 per cent", and walked away.
Business6 months ago

Sensex Plunges Over 400 Points, Nifty Slips Below 10,900

Mumbai, Sep 3 (IANS) Investor panic over the country’s lower than expected GDP growth figure of 5 per cent in the first quarter ending June, released...
India6 months ago

India’s July industrial output growth slows to 2.1% YoY

April-July of FY20 was 3 per cent compared with 5.9 per cent reported for the same period of the last financial year.
Business6 months ago

GST collection up 4.51% in August at Rs 98,202 crore

New Delhi, Sep 1 The gross goods and services tax (GST) collection in August, 2019 stood at Rs 98,202 crore, up 4.51 per cent compared to...
India6 months ago

Priyanka Gandhi slams Modi government over GDP, jobs; says economy punctured

New Delhi, Aug 31 Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi has slammed the Narendra Modi-led BJP government, saying that it has deflated the economy. Taking to microblogging...
Business6 months ago

Q1 GDP growth at 5% falls to lowest in 6 years

On a sequential basis, the growth rate came lower than the 5.8 per cent in Q4 of 2018-19.
India6 months ago

FM announces slew of governance reforms for PSBs

New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) After announcing four big-ticket mergers of state-run banks on Friday, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman declared several governance reforms in the public...
Business6 months ago

Will announce more measures to boost economy in coming weeks: Sitharaman

The government has recognised that consumption needs a boost, says Nirmala Sitharaman.
Business6 months ago

Several uncertainities in near-term economic outlook for India: RBI report

But the RBI noted that there are still structural issues in land, labour and agricultural marketing and they need to be addressed The central bank also...
Business6 months ago

Sensex down 150 points led by financial stocks

Mumbai, Aug 29 Sensex fell over 150 points during the early trade led by selling in financial stocks. Eighteen out of the 20 scrips in the...
India6 months ago

Pranab reminds the media of its role, duties

"Media is the mediator between the public and the public servants. It has the power to ensure social justice and equality. It also ensures that the...
Business6 months ago

RBI employees for consensus on Jalan panel report

The study has suggested, said the union, compared with other central banks (taking into account the value at risk) the core capital of the RBI is...
World6 months ago

PM to Indians in Bahrain: will achieve $5 trillion economy goal

Manama, Aug 24: Prime MInister Narendra Modi on Saturday appealed to the Indian community in Bahrain to motivate the Bahraini people to visit India to witness...
Business6 months ago

Big relief for markets as controversial FPI levy rolled back

New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday announced the roll back of the controvertial tax surcharge on the Foreign Portfolio Investment (FPIs)...
Business6 months ago

Finance Minister outlines plan to curb ‘tax terrorism’

On violation of corporate social responsibility norms, the Minister said that such violations would not be treated as criminal offences.
India6 months ago

Economy in ICU; Government clamping down on those defending civil liberties: Kapil Sibal

NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Friday took a swipe at the government, saying the “economy is in ICU” and...
Business6 months ago

Economy doesn’t need fiscal stimulus to tackle slowdown: CEA

"We can't expect the government to intervene every time some sectors go through sunset. Not all sectors are doing bad, some are doing well," the CEA...
Business6 months ago

India’s growth may slow down further to 5.7% in Q1: Nomura

"The Indian economy is likely to slow down further to 5.7 per cent in April-June from a five-year low of 5.8 per cent in January-March," Nomura...
Blog6 months ago

Money creation to pick up pace

The focus of monetary policy is now conclusively on ensuring better transmission. Towards this, for the first time in recent history the RBI has consciously moved...
India6 months ago

Chidambaram being hunted for exposing government: Priyanka

New Delhi, Aug 21 : Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday came out in support of former Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram saying he...
Business6 months ago

Sensex, Nifty flat, Yes Bank down 3%

Mumbai, Aug 21 (IANS) The Sensex and Nifty on Wednesday traded on a flat note awaiting a stimulus package from the Union government. The Sensex opened...
Business6 months ago

Sensex slips by 100 points, Nifty holds 11,000

Mumbai, Aug 20 The Sensex and Nifty fell after initial gains on Tuesday awaiting a stimulus package from the government. According to reports, the Union government...
Business6 months ago

Sensex up 73 pts, Nifty above 11,000

Mumbai, Aug 19 The Sensex on Monday opened slightly higher over gains by finance and banking stocks.Meanwhile, foreign portfolio investors sold shares worth a net of...
Business6 months ago

Demand slowdown ‘overblown’, buyers moving online: Centrum

"Despite weak consumer sentiment, aggregate revenue grew a healthy 9.0 per cent YoY (year-on-year) post a high base in Q1 (first quarter) FY19. We believe the...
Business6 months ago

Sensex ends in green amid weak global cues

Mumbai, Aug 16 (IANS) Buzz of a possible stimulus package by the Union government aided the Sensex and Nifty to finish in the green on Friday....
Business6 months ago

Sensex tanks 623 pts despite RIL’s 10% surge

Mumbai, Aug 13 (IANS) Indian markets on Tuesday sharply declined in line with sell-off in global markets after massive protests in Hong-Kong, heightened trade-tension between US...
Business7 months ago

Auto component sector stares at 10 lakh jobs loss

Chennai, Aug 11 : Even as the Indian auto component industry is managing the downturn without major job cuts, there will be job losses to the...
Business7 months ago

Rahul Gandhi hits out at Centre on economy ‘slowdown’

"The BJP Government can't build anything. It can only destroy what was built over decades with passion and hard work,"
Business7 months ago

How DKS-VGS friendship cost Siddhartha his life

Bangalore, Aug 1 (IANS) The V.G. Siddhartha (VGS) suicide has cast a pall of gloom over Indian business and in the main the breeding ground of...
Business7 months ago

‘Tax terrorism’ severely hurting India’s economic growth

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Auto7 months ago

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IMF lowers India’s growth to 6.7 % in 2017, owing to GST and demonetisation.

Strong govt spending and data revisions in India led to an upward revision of 2016 growth to 7.1 per cent.
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Yashwant Sinha attacks Modi says,”I am the Bhishma and won’t let you ruin the economy”

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RBI monetary policy guide: Assessing the extent of the slowdown

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2014 victory now seems so distant for the BJP and Modi

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Yashwant Sinha’s remarks ‘surgical strike’: Congress

Panaji, Sep 29 : The Congress on Friday described former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha’s critique of the Indian economy as the “biggest surgical strike”. Bharatiya Janata Party...
Politics2 years ago

“Modi-nomics” and “Jaitley-nomics” have “utterly” failed says Surjewala

NewDelhi, 29th September: Attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley over their “economic mismanagement”, the Congress on Friday said “Modi-nomics” and “Jaitley-nomics” have...
India2 years ago

Jaitley made political disagreement personal, i don’t need a job at 80: Yahwant Sinha

New Delhi, Sep 29, 2017: Senior BJP leader and former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha on Friday questioned the audacity of someone who has never won an...
Business2 years ago

Is the Indian economy heading towards recession?

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Anatomy of a decline

The PM in attempting to usher in the era of a cashless society, has rendered poor people cashless.
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New Delhi, Sep 29, 2017: Supporting former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha’s criticism of the economy, Shiv Sena challenged its ally Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) by saying...
India2 years ago

Yashwant Sinha returns fire at Jaitley, says he wouldn’t be there if i had been a job applicant

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Modi government fails to fix economy in 3 years

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Jayant Sinha article reads like PIB release, says Chidambaram

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Sinha showed mirror on economy with article: Shatrughan Sinha

"I am of the firm opinion that everything that has been written by Mr. Sinha is entirely in the party's and National interest," he said.
India2 years ago

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Demonetisation legalised black money, GST hurt small businesses: Rahul

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